Lying in his arms, Allison thought how perfectly their bodies fit each other. Even with their vast differences, lying like this, they nested together like, like, spoons you dope she smiled and rolled her eyes at herself for once. Hence the term spooning! She remembered how he had filled her completely, leaving no space between them, and how he had called her name before releasing himself to her. She remembered the soft kisses he had placed on her shoulders as he pulled her close to him before drifting off to sleep. Listening to his soft snores and feeling his warm breath on her shoulder, she, too, drifted off to sleep.

She was awakened by the sound of his voice. "House…it better be a good one…ok, move her to ICU…and start the dialysis. No. Don't call her. We can't do anything until the biopsy is done anyway. What time is that scheduled? Ok - I'll be in by then." She turned to him as he snapped the cell phone shut.

"What's wrong?" she asked.

"Patient's kidneys are gone." He reached for the bottle of Vicodin on the bedside table and shook two pills into his hand as he continued. "Foreman's moving her to ICU and getting the dialysis started." He tossed the pills into his mouth and dry swallowed them.

Cameron sighed, running her hand through her hair, as she yawned. "What about the biopsy?"

"Not scheduled until 10:00 a.m. and that's, um…" He turned to look at the clock on the table. "about 7 ½ hours from now. Dialysis'll be done by then so it shouldn't be a problem. Hey – where do you think you're going Dr. Cameron?" he asked as she moved to get out of his bed.

"I've got to go home and change before I go in."

"Allison, it's 2:30 in the morning. There's no reason for you to go in now. There's nothing you can do until after the biopsy anyway." He reached over and gently tugged her back into the bed.

"Yes, but…."she argued.

"No buts!" he said moving his hands to her backside, "except this one – and it's not going anywhere right now."

This time, it was the sound of House's alarm clock that woke her. She reached over him as he slept and turned it off. As quietly as she could, she slipped out of his bed and glanced around the room. Spotting the clothes that had been so hastily discarded the night before, she grabbed his button down shirt to cover herself with and headed for his kitchen. Looking through the mostly empty cabinets, it didn't take her long to locate the coffee and get a pot started for them.

I wonder what he has in the way of shampoo she thought as she tiptoed her way to the bathroom. She peeked behind the shower curtain and stifled a laugh when she saw the small bottles of hospital issued shampoo and body wash. She shook her head as she thought I wonder if this man EVER goes to the grocery store!

House was slowly becoming aware of the sound of water running. And the smell of coffee? What the? he thought. Allison. Getting out of the bed, he slowly limped across the room to where his cane had landed the night before and wandered into the bathroom.

From the shower, Allison heard the sound of the toilet lid banging against the tank. "House?"

"Well, yeah – who else would it be?"

"I love your taste in shampoo and body wash."

"You know me – first class all the way."

Hearing the lid drop back down, Allison was about to invite House to join her, when she suddenly realized that he had flushed.

"HOUWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW" she yelled, quickly moving to the end of the tub as far away from the shower spray as possible.

He pulled back the edge of the curtain and poked his head around. "Whoops," he said with an evil grin.

Standing with her hands on her hips, she gave the look right back at him. "And here I was about to invite you to join me."

"Don't mind if I do." He said, starting to step into the tub.

"Uh-uh…I don't think so buddy!" she said playfully, putting her hand on his chest as if to stop him. "I said I was going to invite you. That ship has sailed now!"

"Too bad – my shower, my rules," he retorted, moving her hand as he stepped in.

"Well, I guess if you put it that way…" She put her arms around his waist and pulled him closer to her, reaching for the water dial that was behind his back. As he leaned down to kiss her, she quickly turned it to C-O-L-D.

"AAAAAAAAAA!" he gasped as Cameron she laughed out loud, attempting to quickly jump out of the tub before he could grab her.

"Oh no you don't!" he said, grabbing her by the waist and forcing her directly into the pathway of the icy water.

"No! No! No!" she screamed, still laughing. "I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I give up!"

He turned the water back to HOT and watched as it cascaded over her body. "That's more like it." he whispered, taking both of her hands in his. "I'm not taking any chances this time," he smiled as he leaned down and kissed her.